The Watermelons have been exploring how we use our senses when we look at and make art. We began this unit by talking about sight: The Watermelons learned about self-portraits and used mirrors to draw what they looked like. We also talked about using our eyes by looking at The False Mirror by René Magritte and then made our very own eye drawings of what we see every day. Next, we talked about listening, and we thought about what different paintings would sound like if they could make noise. Together we listened to Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh on MoMA's Destination: Modern Art website. Then, we talked about movement and how we move our bodies in different ways. The Watermelons got the chance to dance and break out their moves to different types of music. After dancing, students got to paint to the beat of different types of music - they thought about how the genre of music, the tempo, the instruments, rhythm and sounds changed the way they moved their paintbrush across their large paper. Comments are closed.
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